The UK’s Rival Consoles reminds us of another time in electronic music, when Ableton wasn’t an option and hardware was an absolute necessity. Taken from his debut full-length album, the favorably reviewedIO, “1985” is a darkly anthemic piece of antique-sounding electro that slowly rises, falls, and twists upon itself while always harkening to a simpler time in dance music history.

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